Love it or hate it, snow is part of winter here in New York City. When it starts falling, there’s nothing to do but enjoy a mug of the best hot chocolate or get cozy in a bar with a fireplace. And once the worst has past, go ahead and enjoy your snow day—those park hills won’t sled themselves. But in the record-holding biggest blizzards in NYC history, we got a whole lot more than we bargained for: up to two feet(!) of the white stuff. Check out the worst blizzards in NYC, ranked by how much snow was measured in Manhattan:

1. February 12, 2006

The North American Blizzard of 2006 hit East Coast cities from
Baltimore to Boston with enough winter weather to cancel school for
days, but few places got more than the Big Apple. A full 26.9 inches
dumped on NYC, the highest snowfall ever counted by government records.

2. January 23-24, 2016

Winter Storm Jonas, Snowzilla, whatever other hashtag you decided to
use—the January 2016 blizzard was enough of a monster to force
11 governors and the Washington, D.C., mayor to call a state of
emergency leading up to storm. Travel was banned in New York and New
Jersey for two days, and 26.8 inches fell in the city, just a tenth of
an inch short of the record.

3. December 26, 1947

A white Christmas might be a dream, but this Boxing Day storm was a
nightmare. The Great Blizzard of 1947 left many people stranded with
diminished food supplies and no coal for heat for days, and it killed 77
people. A then-record 26.4 inches was measured in Central Park.

New York Public Library/Digital Collection/Max Henry Hubacher

New York Public Library/Digital Collection/Max Henry Hubacher

4. March 11-14, 1888

Known as The Great White Hurricane, the blizzard of 1888 affected
towns from as far south as Chesapeake Bay to the northern reaches of
Maine. Railways and telegraph lines went down in the storm as 50-foot
snow drifts forced people to stay inside their homes. While some areas
received a full 60 inches, New York City got off more mildly with a
still-devastating 22 inches.

NYHS/Hegger

5. February 25, 2010

February 2010 was an insane time for snow in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Earlier in the month, Snowmaggedon crippled Washington, D.C., and
Maryland, but there was just a sprinkling in New York. Then, on February
25, Gotham got its own Snowicane, a nor’easter that dropped 20.9 inches
on our fair city.

6. Jan 7-8, 1996

Millennials who grew up in the Mid-Atlantic region probably remember
this storm as the perfect snow week, as schools were closed for several
days in the Blizzard of 1996’s aftermath. Though New York City proper
suffered a whopping 20.2 inches, commuters living in nearby burbs were
slammed with up to 30 inches.